most derivative sequel name trope

[Lance Uppercut]

X
2000
the revenge
the resurrection
The return/returns/return of
Revolution

others?

[Hit Girl]

Same name as the original

Name or nickname of character from original film

Legacy

Number of film in the name

A (name of franchise) Story

[saneiac]

A meme rather than a trope, since I’m only aware of one sequel that actually used it:

[thing] 2: Electric Boogaloo

[Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill]

Same name as the original but with "the"

[metylerca]

Bloodlines

[wildojinx]

Taking a singular title and making it plural.

[Scoops]

Revelations felt like it had share of game and movie titles

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

May 8, 2024 22:38:13 GMT -5 Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill said:

Same name as the original but with "the"

Or without the the, depending

[crashmatsbazz]

“Back”
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood, Barbershop 2: Back in Business, Major League: Back to the Minors, Police Academy 3: Back in Trainin, Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit, Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back etc etc etc

[Ryushinku]

Origins and Revelation(s) are the two that are pretty tiresome.

[cosmo]

May 8, 2024 16:20:11 GMT -5 Hit Girl said:

Same name as the original

Name or nickname of character from original film

Legacy

Number of film in the name

A (name of franchise) Story

The fact that there's three Halloween movies named just "Halloween," a sequel to Scream called just "Scream," and a prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing that is also called "The Thing" is a pain in the ass and I hate having to make the distinction between each of them. (But in fairness, at least one of those Halloween movies I mentioned is a remake, so that can be justified.)

Meanwhile, I can live with sequels having numbers in their titles. It's easier for me to narrow things down if I'm talking about them to people who may not be fans of that particular franchise or whatever and don't know which one is which by just name alone.

[Lizuka #BLM]

I don't think there's anything I hate more than direct sequels with the exact same title as the original because be it Halloween or God of War or whatever else it only serves to make discussing things a total pain in the ass.

[Soultastic]

I'm offended that Revengeance never took off.

[Hit Girl]

May 9, 2024 13:05:10 GMT -5 cosmo said:

May 8, 2024 16:20:11 GMT -5 Hit Girl said:

Same name as the original

Name or nickname of character from original film

Legacy

Number of film in the name

A (name of franchise) Story

The fact that there's three Halloween movies named just "Halloween," a sequel to Scream called just "Scream," and a prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing that is also called "The Thing" is a pain in the ass and I hate having to make the distinction between each of them. (But in fairness, at least one of those Halloween movies I mentioned is a remake, so that can be justified.)

Meanwhile, I can live with sequels having numbers in their titles. It's easier for me to narrow things down if I'm talking about them to people who may not be fans of that particular franchise or whatever and don't know which one is which by just name alone.

I'm OK with a name like Scream 4. I don't like shit like SCRE4M

["Cane Dewey" Johnson]

Putting whatever sequel number is after the title.

[Cyno]

I loved how with a lot of games on Nintendo consoles, so many companies would just name their game sequels after what console they were on.

If it was on Super NES, it'd be Super (Game Name).
If it was on Nintendo 64, it'd be (Game Name) 64.
If it was on GBA, it'd be (Game Name) Advance
If it was on DS, it'd be (Game Name) with a subtitle that spelled out "DS" as an acronym.
If it was on 3DS, it'd be (Game Name) 3D. Though it was kinda clever for the Kingdom Hearts game to call itself Dream Drop Distance to fit the "3D" theme.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

May 9, 2024 16:33:53 GMT -5 Cyno said:

I loved how with a lot of games on Nintendo consoles, so many companies would just name their game sequels after what console they were on.

If it was on Super NES, it'd be Super (Game Name).

Sega developers briefly flirted with prefixing "Mega" for some of their 16-bit games that appeared on other consoles. I believe Mega Turrican and Mega Bomberman ultimately wound up being the only two that were released that way, but a reasonable number of others had the "Mega" prefix in development.

[thegatewaydrug]

I wanted "Remix!" to pop in the early 00's for remakes.

[schizo]

Adding “empire” to your sequel title

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

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